Written answers
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Deployment
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of An Garda Síochána; the number of juvenile liaison officers and the percentage of the force this...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make representations to the relevant Garda authorities and put in place new Garda manpower and a dedicated drugs...
- Garda Strength
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of the number of Gardaí in each Garda division; the number of Gardaí per head of population in each...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the operational capacity of Mountjoy Prison; the number of prisoners incarcerated in Mountjoy at present; and if he will...
- Garda Training
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the adequacy or otherwise of firearm training for members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a...
- Garda Inspectorate Reports
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the actions he proposes to take in respect of implementing the recommendations of the recently published Report of the...
- Garda Communications
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have corporate e-mail addresses; the factors impeding greater use of...
- Inquiries into Garda Activities
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the operation of the Garda Ombudsman's office in view of recent events; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his future plans for Spike Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22570/07]
- Forensic Science Laboratory
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the upgrading of the Garda Forensic Science Laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22575/07]
- Garda Equipment
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will act on the call from the Garda Inspectorate that all members of the force be given appropriate protection vests...
- Rural Policing
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which he will take to improve rural policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22156/07]
- Garda Investigations
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to the Garda investigation into the shooting of a Garda in the North Strand area of...
- Garda Reserve
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civilians working as part of the Garda reserve force at present; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that have been taken to organise the Criminal Assets Bureau to tackle drug crime at local level; and if he will...
- Garda Communications
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the secure digital radio communications system which has been piloted and promised will be rolled out for all Gardaí....
- Civilianisation Programme
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for further civilianisation of the Gardaí in order to free trained members for front line duty; his views on...
- Recidivism Rate
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the rate of re-offending in criminal matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22560/07]
- Garda Operations
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of the policing operation at the proposed Shell refinery site at Bellanaboy, County Mayo; and if there is...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the project to construct a new prison at Thornton Hall, County Dublin; the amount of money that has been...
- Firearms Offences
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide data in respect of the number of recorded robberies of legally held firearms in the State during the...
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken at European level to tackle illegal immigration and the trafficking of human beings; and if he will...
- Garda Deployment
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí currently assigned to community policing; if he will confirm that this represents less than 4% of the...
- Garda Management
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the final report of the Advisory Group on Garda Management and Leadership Development; his further views on...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the plan to build a new children's prison to accommodate juvenile prisoners in the future. [22609/07]
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the probation and welfare service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22564/07]
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons given anti-social behaviour warnings since the new system came into operation on 1 January 2007; the...
- Criminal Proceedings
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the concept of allowing the Director of Public Prosecutions or the prosecutor make oral submissions during a...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps or raise the matter with the Garda Commissioner in an effort to ensure that the resources available...
- Garda Investigations
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a comprehensive statement on the case of a person (details supplied) and the family's request for an...
- Garda Interview Records
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he proposes to take to deal with the problem of the free availability of Garda questioning videos resulting in...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to publish legislation to govern the operation of property management firms of apartment complexes and...
- Prison Drug Treatment Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the drugs rehabilitation programmes in place in prisons (details supplied); the success rates such programmes have; and if...
- Sexual Offences
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken in response to calls for an EU-wide sex offenders database; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Crime Levels
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2007; the number of...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assign crime analysts to the six Garda regions as recommended by the Garda Inspectorate; and if he will make a...
- Crime Levels
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that have been taken by his Department to tackle gun crime following the recent shooting of a member of An Garda...
- Garda Complaints Board
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is concerned regarding the views expressed by the chairman of the Garda Complaints Board, in his final report,...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action that has been taken by his Department to ensure that An Garda Síochána attracts more recruits from ethnic...
- Garda Inspectorate Reports
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the third report of the Garda Inspectorate detailing a time-frame for the implementation of...
- Garda Investigations
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the investigation that has been held into the release in error of a prisoner serving a six year sentence in mistake for...
- Custodial Sentences
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will propose changes to the remission of the custodial sentences regime; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Criminal Legal Aid
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the nature of the means test applicable when members or principals of organised criminal gangs apply for free legal aid; if...
- Prison Education Service
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the education centre for young offenders at Mountjoy was opened; the persons who work at same; and if he will make a...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to set up a permanent drugs unit at Ireland West Airport, Knock; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Human Trafficking
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action the Gardaí will be taking as a result of the announcement that Great Britain and Ireland are to work together...
- Crime Prevention
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the number of organised criminal gangs currently operating here have been located or identified; the extent to which...
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Government has decided to opt out, along with the UK, from a new EU directive which proposes to make it a...
- Prison Staff
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a group of senior prisoner officers are under threat from criminal gangs as reported; the steps being taken to ensure...
- Garda Investigations
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Gardaí have concluded their investigations initiated as a result of a complaint made by the Secretary General of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the long promised Judicial Council Bill is expected to be published; the consultation he has had with members of the...
- Garda Reserve
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve recruited to date; the stations to which they have been allocated; the number of...
- Gambling Regulations
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made by his Department in its review of the Gaming and Lotteries Acts, 1956 to 1986; the action...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a proposal to grant to all new members of An Garda Síochána on commission the automatic entitlement to be...
- Sexual Offences
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that have been taken to implement the recommendation of the 2006 report of the committee on child protection that...
- Sale of Alcohol
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will use the powers available to him under Section 22 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2003 to provide for the...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the towns and urban centres in which Garda closed circuit television systems are in place at present; the proposals in...
- Data Protection
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that more than 10,000 requests were made by the Gardaí during 2006 under the Criminal Justice...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondence in relation to a person (details supplied); and the reason they were denied repatriation....
- Garda Discipline Regulations
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the new draft Garda Discipline Regulations which he originally said would be introduced prior...
- Restorative Justice
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he supports the recommendations of the committee on restorative justice in its report of January 2007; and his proposals...
- Garda Technical Bureau
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the upgrading of the Garda Technical Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22574/07]
- Treatment of Prisoners
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in order to ensure full human rights compliance and to prevent further abuse and in view of the high cost to the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations in rural areas without a full-time Garda presence; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to provide a permanent immigration unit at Ireland West Airport, Knock; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Investigations
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report he sought from the Garda authorities into the handling of a case (details supplied); the...
- Prison Staff
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on concerns raised by the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding the continued high level of sick leave in the...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken to reduce the supply of cocaine to Ireland in view of its increased usage and the recent report from...
- Victims Commission
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the best way the perpetrators of crime might compensate their victims; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the concern recently expressed by the president of the Irish Human Rights Commission, (details supplied) that...
- Commemorative Events
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to mark European Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that have been taken by his Department to reduce the incidence of human trafficking through Irish ports in view...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report of a person (details supplied); the main findings of the report; if he has not received the...
- Equality Issues
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to ensure full gender pay equality; the reasons his work on this matter to date has failed; the action he is...
- Crime Levels
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on Central Statistics Office crime statistics for the second quarter of 2007 published on 20 July 2007; his...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 24 April 2007, the progress in relation to the development of a prison at...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will postpone further development of the COSC Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence to address the serious...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid out either in respect of court awards or out of court settlements for claims taken against members of the...
- Witness Intimidation
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the changes he considers appropriate for the witness protection programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Stations
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the fitness of accommodation at all Garda locations including plans in place to renovate or replace...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff from his Department who have been decentralised to locations outside Dublin to date; the cost to the...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to reconstitute the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which he will take to address the issue of anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Inspector of Prisons
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made in appointing a new Inspector of Prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Parental Rights
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to recognise the rights of unmarried fathers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21087/07]
- Department of Finance
- Tuberculosis Incidence
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of deer on the Office of Public Works lands; the number being culled; the number of deer being tested for tuberculosis and...
- Tax Collection
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the tax paid on air trips is not refunded in the event of cancellation; if he will...
- Vehicle Registration
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will explain the mechanism involved in re-registering cars bought in Northern Ireland, outlining the cost and time frame...
- Departmental Properties
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the properties owned by the Office of Public Works in Dublin 15; if he has plans to sell or lease these properties or to change their...
- Tax Code
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to review the rent a room scheme particularly where it relates to directly related individuals such as siblings; and if he...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will supply a P21 form to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position in relation to the decentralisation of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to County Mayo; if a site...
- Budget Submissions
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views in regard to a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22388/07]
- National Lottery
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there is evidence to back up allegations regarding the National Lottery (details supplied). [22404/07]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding an appeal under the disabled drivers and passengers tax concession scheme by a person (details supplied) in...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the expected timeframe for the planning process to be completed and contracts signed for the site on foot of the decentralisation...
- Cross-Border Projects
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will report on the work of the North-South unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/07]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position on the transfer of his Department to Athy; the timescale involved; the number of staff transferring; and if he will make...
- Tax Code
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans, following a notice of motion passed at the September 2007 monthly meeting of Navan Town Council, to include Navan in future...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to complaints that the cycle lanes in the Phoenix Park are regularly mistaken for footpaths and are...
- Tax Code
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 26 September 2007 and No. 155 of 3 October 2007 the five most recent hospitals, nursing...
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when full information packs on the proposed NCIP community childcare subvention scheme 2008 to 2010 will be made available to community...
- Medical Cards
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the cat scanner in the Louth County Hospital; the date it was purchased; the date installed and made operational;...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the Health Service Executive can justify the reduction in profit margins in relation to medicines purchased from wholesalers and...
- Medical Cards
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm receipt of a medical card application by persons (details supplied) in County Laois; when a decision will be made on...
- Hospital Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the building of a specialised cystic fibrosis unit at Saint Vincent's Hospital, Dublin; the position in relation...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an appeal for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Meath was turned down; and if she will make...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Eating Disorders
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the implementation of each of the eight specific recommendations in relation to improving service provision for...
- Medical Cards
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that have arisen as a result of the dispute between private dentists and the Health...
- Health Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant approval for funding to the Health Service Executive to allow the development of a five station haemodialysis...
- Departmental Staff
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number employed in her Department; the amount expended on their salaries and its percentage of overall Departmental spending from a...
- Medical Cards
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to double the income threshold limits for the full medical card for families with children under six in Budget 2008 as...
- Medicinal Products
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive have refused to purchase a new drug produced in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 that may prevent...
- Health and Safety Issues
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the regulations that exist to ensure standards in tattoo businesses; if there is an age restriction that applies to a tattooist giving...
- Health Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of dental services in a health centre in Ballinrobe; if the Health Service Executive have...
- Health Service Staff
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community dentists currently serving the population of an area (details supplied) in County Donegal; the efforts being...
- Ambulance Service
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact the ambulance service has been obliged to cancel the recruitment programme for 300 vacancies that have arisen...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason that a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been waiting over a year for a further operation; the reason they have to...
- Child Care Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the remaining difficulties with a childcare facility (details supplied) in County Westmeath which are preventing this facility receiving...
- Health Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that has been awarded to each county in Health Service Executive west for home care packages via the HSE or through...
- Community Care
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the decision to transfer cancer services from St Lukes to St James, she will give a commitment to maintain St Lukes as a...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the delayed repayment under the Health Service Executive health repayments scheme for a person (details...
- Health Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for the provision of an Alzheimer's residential unit at St. Joseph's Hospital, Dublin Road, County Longford...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for nursing home charges refund by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be processed and the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cutbacks that took place at Ennis General Hospital for the month of September 2007; the cutbacks envisaged for the month of October...
- Health Services
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the wash unit will be installed at the ambulance centre at Ennis General Hospital, County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
- Child Care Service
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of funding allocated under the equal opportunities childcare programme 2000 to 2006 to schemes in Cork City...
- North-South Health Services
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the work of the North-South unit in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22599/07]
- Cancer Treatment Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future availability of cancer treatment services at Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in particular the future of the breast...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the new BreatCheck unit in Cork will open on schedule and that the full complement of personnel to man the unit...
- Medical Cards
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that chiropody services are not available to medical card holders in County Waterford; the...
- Health Services
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the chaos in behaviour which exists in a care home for young people (details supplied) in County...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for delays in making repayments under the scheme for repayments to those illegally charged for their stay in nursing homes;...
- Health Services
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22667/07]
- Hospital Services
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations cancelled in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan for each of the years 2002 to 2007 in tabular form. [22700/07]
- Medical Cards
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who applied for same over six months ago,...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a claim by a person (details supplied) under the long-stay patient repayment scheme on behalf of their deceased mother was...
- Hospital Staff
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the situation in Crumlin Children's Hospital where there is a secretarial vacancy in the cardiology...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will fast track the provision of an occupational guidance counsellor at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to improve the delivery of orthodontic services in the mid west region in view of the fact that waiting lists and the...
- Hospital Services
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that post-mortem facilities in County Clare will continue regardless of the embargo on the employment of locums; and...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time women in the mid-west have to wait to have a mammogram at the Regional Hospital in Limerick; and if she will make a...
- Child Care Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that funding is allocated to an organisation (details supplied) under NCIP capital funding as otherwise they will be...
- Medical Cards
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans in relation to old age pensioners to ensure that they can avail of dental treatment on the medical card. [22874/07]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of assessments which have been carried out to date following the commencement of Part 2 of the Disability Act, 2005 for...
- Hospital Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the facts in relation to the two new modular theatres in the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; the position regarding the cost of purchase...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a domiciliary care allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the...
- Department of Transport
- Rural Transport Services
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the plans he or his Department have to extend the rural transport initiative to the villages (details supplied) surrounding the...
- State Airports
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if final decisions have been reached on the division of assets and liabilities between the various airport authorities; when the...
- Park and Ride Facilities
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his views on the introduction of parking charges by Iarnród Éireann at Gormanston Railway Station; if it is intended to introduce...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the meetings that have taken place between his Department and any associated Departments in relation to the provision of patient...
- Air Accident Investigations
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied). [22407/07]
- Public Transport
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 26 September 2007 which acknowledges the obligations of CIE in relation...
- Light Rail Project
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the estimated cost of the Metro North line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22441/07]
- North-South Co-operation
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he will report on the work of the North-South unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22601/07]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his views on an increase in penalty points for those caught not displaying L plates, particularly those not displaying L plates who...
- Driving Tests
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine when he will address the practice of allowing drivers who have failed their driving test to get into their cars and drive away from...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if all buses being used as part of the rural transport initiatives are accessible to people with disabilities; and if he will make...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath is not permitted to obtain an Irish passport; and if this decision will be...
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the fact that proposed immigration reform legislation in the US has stalled; the action he will take to address the concerns of...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will actively support the National Lawyers Guild USA in their call for the UN to investigate the case of the Miami 5. [22405/07]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on contacts he has had in respect of the situation in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22469/07]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- North-South Co-operation
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work of the North-South unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Industrial Development
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of contacts his Department has had with IDA Ireland during 2007 in relation to the development of a...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding grants to sports clubs. [22578/07]
- North-South Co-operation
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on the work of the North-South unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22592/07]
- Sports Funding
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will explain the weighting given to clubs located in disadvantaged areas when allocating sports grants; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of rent supplement paid in County Meath for each of the years 1997 to 2007 with a breakdown for each community welfare...
- Free Travel Scheme
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will extend the free travel scheme to include the Airlink bus services to Dublin Airport; his views on whether there is an...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will clarify the circumstances in which people on community employment can retain rent supplement; and if these rules differ...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason his Department is going the opposite way to the decentralisation trend by restricting the issuing of PPS numbers to one...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of notifications that have been received from local authorities of substandard accommodation in the private rental...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will increase the child dependent allowance from €22 to €35 per child in Budget 2008; the estimated cost of such a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 in relation to illness benefit will be decided. [22457/07]
- Cross-Border Projects
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on the work of the North-South unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22600/07]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be held for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22688/07]
- Family Support Services
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of funding allocated to the Family Support Agency each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average length of time of assessment for a carer's allowance application from the date of application to the date of payment;...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has provided the Government with a report on the future of the Reach initiative; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Strategy
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the work undertaken to date by his Department to contribute towards the development of a carer's strategy as committed to in...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment across all Departments; the Departments which have had it...
- Memorandum of Understanding
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has concluded its MOU with the Revenue Commissioners; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of children who were in receipt of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in 2007; the amount paid; and if...
- Child Support
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is a backlog in payment of the early child care supplement; the length of this backlog; if it relates to a particular...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the National Economic and Social Council is expected to report to him on examining the feasibility of merging the family...
- Adult Education
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and names of the projects or initiatives that received grants towards the development and promotion of second chance...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when notification regarding carer's benefit will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22725/07]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when his Department hold oral hearings on appeals; the way the locations are determined; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the pre-retirement credits scheme was discontinued in July 2007; if his Department advertised the discontinuation of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason people on community employment schemes are not eligible for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; his...
- Pension Provisions
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the report, advice, or other research which currently informs his Department's policy on income adequacy for pensioners generally...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Local Drugs Task Forces
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in relation to the 2007 allocations under the young people's facilities and services fund, he will set out the...
- Cross-Border Projects
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the work of the North-South unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Irish Horseracing Industry
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) can not access X-rays of their horse; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Bovine Diseases
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on increasing the age limit for BSE testing from 30 to 36 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Sheep Sector
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has plans to implement in part or in full the recommendations contained in the Report of the Malone Sheep Strategy...
- Grant Payments
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the grants available from her Department to horse trainers for the building of stables. [22309/07]
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will ensure that the EU is aware of concern amongst Irish pig producers at the alarming increase in the cost of feed...
- Live Exports
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 27 September 2007, the EU Member States to which the export is prohibited; the...
- Animal Diseases
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures she has put in place to counteract the joint threat from foot and mouth and bluetongue diseases and in...
- Grant Payments
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received approval for their application for grant aid for an...
- Cross-Border Projects
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will report on the work of the North-South unit in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REP scheme four will be fully introduced and available for applications through the local offices of her Department;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to provision of office space for her Department in Ballybay. [22622/07]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the details of REP scheme four will be made available to farmers. [22648/07]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when Teagasc was established; the area of responsibility it had then; the person it was responsible to; if she and her...
- Department of Education and Science
- Youth Services
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of grant funding her Department has provided to Foróige for the years 2002 to date in 2007; and if she will make a...
- Student Support Services
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on setting up an independent body to adjudicate over allegations of sexual harassment and malpractice of students in third...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to ensure the provision of a primary school in Rochestown, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staffing
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional primary teachers employed in County Kildare in September 2007; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants employed in schools in County Kildare in the years 2002 to 2007; and if she will make a...
- School Accommodation
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her officials propose to visit schools (details supplied) in County Meath with a timeframe for the provision of classrooms to...
- School Enrolments
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the fact that children of foreign nationals on a student visa are being told that they do not have the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average funding per student from Government spending within the primary, secondary and third level systems of education; and if...
- School Staffing
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a replacement visiting teacher will be assigned to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22334/07]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status with regard to the proposed construction of a new school at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when she expects...
- School Staffing
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of laboratory technicians and assistants employed in secondary schools; and if she will act upon the recommendation of the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there has been a delay in applications for the small schools scheme for 2008; when these applications will be made; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether the National Braille Production Centre is underfunded, under-resourced and understaffed; and her plans to address...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the official documents that can be used as proof of independent residency where a student is applying for a third level maintenance...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction funding for new primary school buildings at a school (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the fact that...
- School Transport
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria and guidelines her Department has to ensure that children disembark at their designated drop off points; if each driver...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of a new primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the position regarding...
- School Services Staff
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a classroom assistant will be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22442/07]
- School Placement
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans, in accordance with the Education Welfare Act, 2000, to ensure that a child (details supplied) attends a recognised school...
- School Curriculum
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for a new curriculum for leaving certificate agricultural science in the light of the excessively difficult paper in June...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that €60 million is available from the Dormant Accounts Fund for a capital grant for facilities in national...
- School Accommodation
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a technical inspection report relating to a school (details supplied) in County Offaly will be available; the reason for the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in appointing a design team for a new primary school building (details supplied) in County Cork; and the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has plans to provide a dedicated ABA autism unit in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22589/07]
- Cross-Border Projects
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the work of the North-South unit in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22595/07]
- School Accommodation
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation with regard to the provision of new school facilities for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22616/07]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation with regard to the provision of a new primary school for an area (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22617/07]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the allocation of resource hours to children diagnosed with dyslexia and discalculia. [22623/07]
- School Transport
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to review the school bus catchment areas. [22624/07]
- School Staffing
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 2 October 2007, if she will answer the question asked. [22629/07]
- School Enrolments
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to meet the second level educational needs of the growing population in south Lucan; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Reviews
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the review of her Department's Technical Guidance Document T9D 014 Guidance for the Preselection of Contracts...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will arrange for the urgent allocation of a permanent site for a school (details supplied) as they will have to vacate their...
- Teacher Graduates
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils from an area (details supplied) that have registered and graduated from each teacher training college over the...
- School Placement
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of a school place for the 2007/2008 school year for a person (details supplied) in County...
- School Staffing
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school did not open when the new term started in September 2007; the further reason there are continuing delays in...
- Languages Programme
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources and allocations presently available to primary and post primary schools to cater for students who are not proficient in...
- School Accommodation
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress of the draft development plan for education for Dublin north; and when her Department will respond to submissions. [22687/07]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on the provision of the necessary additional accommodation capacity for primary students at a school (details supplied)...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 777 of 26 September 2007, if the site being looked at for a school (details supplied) will be...
- Home-School Liaison Scheme
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the situation of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if speech and therapy will be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; the reason for the cessation of this...
- Millennium Partnership Fund
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of education grants payable under the millennium education grant scheme for the most recent years for which figures are...
- School Enrolments
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in secondary schools in Lucan with a breakdown by school; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Recognition
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to set up an Educate Together school in Athlone, County Westmeath. [22777/07]
- School Accommodation
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a resource room to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22778/07]
- School Transport
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take the necessary steps to have transport provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and ifshe will make a...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 is not being considered for a third level grant as an independent mature student by...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will present a report on class size for primary schools throughout the State on a county basis; her plans to reduce class size...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide emergency funding for the development of car parking facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Clare in...
- School Transport
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason all the students (details supplied) who were transferred to a neighbouring national school when their existing school was...
- Clár Tógála Scoileanna
Question 430: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cathain a chuirfear iarratas Ghaelscoil Philib Bharúin ar mhórthionscnamh tógála ar aghaidh go dtí an staid pleanála ailtireachta...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has been left in such a state, that after recent renovations three children...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Property
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has made a decision on the future of a site (details supplied) in County Cork in the ownership of his Department; and if he will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Defence the position on the decentralisation of his Department to Newbridge; the timescale involved; the amount of staff to be transferred; and if he will...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Departmental Properties
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Office Of Public Works will sell or lease the building adjoining Tarbert Garda Station to an association (details...
- Asylum Applications
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which he is taking to address the delays in the asylum process; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Crime Levels
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2007; the number of...
- Visa Applications
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has familiarised himself with the case of a person (details supplied); the rules relating to student visas and...
- Paternity Leave
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to amend Irish law to strengthen the rights of fathers in respect of paternity leave rights and of rights...
- Residency Permits
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances in which a marriage of an EU national in a third country to a national of a state outside the EU can be...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when, in view of the new beds acquired in Shelton Abbey Prison, the prisoners for these beds are to be expected; the number...
- Residency Permits
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in relation to a submission (details supplied); his plans to address the concerns expressed; and if he will make...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in granting naturalisation to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; when a decision...
- Residency Permits
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant residency to persons (details supplied) in County Clare. [22399/07]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 24 April 2007 when he expects this application to be processed; and if he will...
- Garda Stations
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the future of Mountjoy Garda Station. [22437/07]
- Residency Permits
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency on the basis of marriage to an Irish national for a person (details supplied) in...
- Garda Deployment
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that efforts will be made to increase the Garda strength at Tallaght Garda Station, sited in the third...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for Irish citizenship through naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for leave to remain in the State in the case of persons (details supplied) in...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a review of the application for naturalisation can or will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the naturalisation applications of persons (details supplied) will be finalised; if same will be expedited; and if he...
- Garda Strength
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda numbers currently in place and as at 31 December 2006 for Limerick City and County, broken down by Garda station....
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the efforts being made to detect learner drivers not displaying L plates, particularly those not displaying L plates who...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of behaviour warnings that have been issued in respect of adults and children in Cork City and County under the...
- National Women's Strategy
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department is represented on the inter-Departmental committee to implement the National Women's Strategy 2007 to...
- National Disability Strategy
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in his Department regarding the implementation of the National Disability Strategy; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22669/07]
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the investigation into the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings; if new developments are expected in the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for subsidiary protection and leave to remain for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Residency Permits
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; when or if a decision will...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange an urgent response to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 27 June 2007; and if he will make a statement on...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects a decision in the appeal to the Supreme Court of a number of matters related to the IBC/05 scheme as...
- Residency Permits
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is married to an EU citizen for the past 18 months and whose...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to initiate administrative or legislative changes to discourage those committing crimes while on bail;...
- Crime Prevention
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action that has been taken or is expected to be taken to prevent crime bosses from having access to modern technology...
- Garda Deployment
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí currently available on a daily or nightly basis in each of the Dublin metropolitan divisions and the...
- Prison Staff
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the degree to which adequate staff are available in each of the prisons throughout the country; and if he will make a...
- Garda Deployment
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to extend the opening hours of various Garda stations throughout the country with particular reference to areas...
- Crime Levels
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of anti-social behaviour reported to each Garda station in County Kildare in the past three years;...
- Joyriding Offences
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reports of boy racers received at each Garda station throughout County Kildare in the past two years; the...
- Witness Intimidation
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action that has been taken to prevent the intimidation of witnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Crime Levels
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which racketeering protection and infiltration of security services have been made known to the Gardaí or...
- Missing Persons
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí dedicated to a particular unit with responsibility for tracing missing persons; the number of such...
- Garda Deployment
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review has taken place to increase the number or armed Gardaí with particular reference to increased use of arms by...
- Residency Permits
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been denied their application for residency under the provision...
- Detention Centres
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the future of the five existing special schools for young offenders as reported in a newspaper (details...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will provide capital funding for the proposed sewerage works at Blenheim, Waterford; and if he will...
- Litter Pollution
Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of on-the-spot fines issued and the number of on-the-spot fines paid for litter offences in the...
- Environmental Policy
Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on recent objections to quarrying of the Hill of Allen in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to lay down criteria for the naming of estates by local authorities; and if he will make a...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to the proposed new sewerage scheme for Courtmacsherry and Timoleague, County Cork;...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided by his Department to Kildare County Council and Athy Town Council under the capital...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the river basin districts which have been identified and the river basin studies which have been...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the review of the regulation of standards in the private rental sector; when he expects them to...
- Library Projects
Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that although a new state of the art library has been constructed...
- Cross-Border Projects
Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the work of the North-South unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the regeneration of a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kildare; the cost involved;...
- National Parks
Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for a survey of deer populations in the Wicklow Hills in view of the increase in deer numbers in...
- Planning Issues
Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of recent concerns raised by an association (details supplied), he has conducted a review...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the owners of a bog (details supplied) in County Galway, a bog listed under the EU Habitat Directive, have...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details in relation to his Department's policy on charging for waste water going back into...
- Rural Renewal Scheme
Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a certificate of qualification under rural renewal will be issued to persons (details supplied) in...
- Archeological Sites
Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a letter dated 29 June 2007 sent by the European Commission to the Irish Government...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if significant damage was caused to the national monument know as Rath Lugh in the Tara/Skryne valley; his...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the ongoing delays in the delivery of the Ennis/Clarecastle main drainage scheme; when work...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Conservation
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grant schemes he has in place to facilitate owners of existing houses to improve the energy efficiency of...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a decision has been made regarding an application for a foreshore licence by a person (details supplied) in...
- Marina Developments
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has to improve coastal marina development; his views on whether there is a shortage of such...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the level of payments offered to participants of the salmon hardship scheme; when such review...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in granting the foreshore licences requested by Waterford County Council for the Seven...
- Planning Issues
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legislation that is applicable to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 533: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the product dipetane which can be used for the reduction of hydrocarbon...
- National Parks
Question 535: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received and assessed a submission from a committee (details supplied) seeking to have the cutover...
- Corrib Gas Field
Question 536: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the pipeline and refinery scheme (details supplied) projected for the area of Kilcommon, Erris, County Mayo...
- Cross-Border Projects
Question 538: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the work of the North-South unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a foreshore lease will be put in place between his Department and the Port of Cork in relation to a pier...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in the roll-out of fixed line broadband services to Clonmellon, County Westmeath; the...
